"British Online Lottery" is another UK National Lottery Scam. Claiming to be the
"online version", the scammer will send you an email from a fictitious person
like "Award Notification Team, Uk GAMING HOUSE" and tell you to contact another fictitious person "Barrister (MRS) MARGARETE SPENCER" (their
"claims processor" or "fiduciary agent"). Of course, you cannot win ANY real
lottery without buying a ticket. There is no such thing as a "computer draw
system" and your email address cannot
and will never win any lottery! The names, "Award Notification Team, Uk GAMING HOUSE", "Barrister (MRS) MARGARETE SPENCER", may
be different; they keep changing them to con you!

Of course, there are only two legal lotteries in Britain,
the National Lottery
and
the Monday Lottery,
anyway. You must buy a ticket in order to win, and even if you bought a
ticket, it is up to you to match the numbers and notify them that you won - they
wouldn't notify you (how would they know you won, anyway!?). Below is a scam email actually received.

DO NOT reply to any emails you receive that claim you have won a lottery that
you did not enter. They are frauds. You will lose your money.
There is no "free lunch"; don't be foolish and believe a scam! We can not
say it any more plainly: YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL BY ANY
LEGITIMATE LOTTERY THAT YOU WON A PRIZE. If you do receive such an email,
it IS a fraud, do not reply to it! If you DID reply to one,
click here to
see what you will likely receive back.

For your education and entertainment, we have
highlighted some of the obvious
clues that this is a scam.

In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.

Fraud Example

This e-mail is to notify you that your e-mail
address was randomly selected and entered into our free Third Category
draws. You have subsequently emerged a winner and therefore entitled to a
substantial amount of £1,500,000.00 Great British Pounds.

For further information, kindly confirm receipt of
this email, by forwarding Your Details as states below to our claims
department *Barrister (MRS) MARGARETE SPENCER*

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